Police: Faulty brakes likely cause of 11-vehicle crash in George West

CORPUS CHRISTI - George West police believe faulty brakes on a motor home likely caused an 11-vehicle crash that left 19 people injured Saturday.

Chief Ray Garcia said the motor home was northbound on U.S. Highway 281. At about 2:45 p.m. it hit a patrol car that was stopped at the U.S. Business 59 intersection and continued, striking other vehicles for about two blocks.

The motor home, about the size of a Greyhound bus and with a Chevy HHR in tow, stopped because the rear axle of a Dodge Ram and a Toyota Scion were lodged beneath it, Garcia said.

The motor home passenger was ejected and was in serious condition at Christus Spohn Hospital Memorial, Garcia said.

The Ram pickup caught fire, he said, and the driver was flown to University Hospital in San Antonio.